Isa 46:1, Jer 50:2, Dan 1:7, 5:12 | ESV | STEP | Bel bows down ; Nebo stoops ; their idols are on beasts and livestock ; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

a Jer. 50:2; 51:44; [ch. 21:9]

b Isa. 21:9

cSee Isa. 46:1

d Isa. 21:9

e[See ver. 3 above]

f[2 Kgs. 23:34; 24:17]

g ch. 2:26; 4:8, 9, 18, 19; 5:12; 10:1

h ch. 6:3

iSee ch. 1:17

jSee ch. 1:17

k ver. 16

lSee ch. 1:7

Isaiah 46:1

The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

1 ^aBel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.

Jeremiah 50:2

2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
^b‘Babylon is taken,
^cBel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
^dHer images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’

Daniel 1:7

7 And ^ethe chief of the eunuchs ^fgave them names: ^gDaniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.

Daniel 5:12

12 ^hbecause an excellent spirit, knowledge, and ⁱunderstanding ^jto interpret dreams, explain riddles, and ^ksolve problems were found in this Daniel, ^lwhom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”